Stars including Dougray Scott, Tess Daly, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Sandi Thom are expected on the red carpet, with Edith Bowman playing a DJ set.

The famous store is being transformed, in collaboration with vogue.com, to feature striking Scottish imagery promo ting city breaks to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Linda Fabiani, minister for Europe, external affairs and culture, said: "Burns' Night is known around the world as Scottish culture at its best and I'm delighted that Harvey Nichols is joining the celebrations.

"One of the great things about Scotland is our wonderful blend of modern and traditional culture - and we're glad to support this event which profiles this to the full. "

Philip Riddle, chief executive of VisitScotland, said the event would also help boost the number of visitors attracted from the rest of the UK.